Development Quotes

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Real development is not leaving things behind, as on a road, but drawing life from them, as from a root. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Women, who are a majority of the peoples of the earth, are indispensable to the accumulation of the kind of social capital that is conducive… — Mahnaz Afkhami
Democracy is the absolute value that makes for human dignity, as well as the only road to sustained economic development and social justice. — Kim Dae-jung
The true path to peace is shared development. If we do not want war to go global, justice must go global — Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Refugee problems may often seem intractable but they are not insoluble. In our experience there are two basic prerequisites for solution: the political will of… — Sadako Ogata
Asking the public health community to investigate the role of vaccines in the development of autism is like asking the tobacco industry to investigate the… — Rick Rollens
literacy is at the heart of sustainable development — Kofi Annan
On this International Literacy Day, let us recall that literacy for all is an integral part of education for all, and that both are critical… — Kofi Annan
Everyone deserves the best start in life, which is what UNICEF is working to provide the world's most vulnerable children. Education is essential to a… — Clay Aiken
Literacy unlocks the door to learning throughout life, is essential to development and health, and opens the way for democratic participation and active citizenship. — Kofi Annan
People are the common denominator of progress. So... no improvement is possible with unimproved people, and advance is certain when people are liberated and educated.… — John Kenneth Galbraith
The development doctrines are doing much harm on both sides of the Atlantic, especially among intelligent mechanics, and a class of young men engaged in… — Hugh Miller
The rise of the citizen review site is a sobering development. No longer are you on top of the mountain, blasting your marketing message down… — David Pogue
Setting customer expectations at a level that is aligned with consistently deliverable levels of customer service requires that your whole staff, from product development to… — Richard Branson
I have visited sweatshops, factories, and crowded slums. If I could not see it, I could smell it. The foundation of society is laid upon… — Helen Keller
The only 'good' learning is that which is in advance of development. — Lev S. Vygotsky
Childhood is a complex dialectical process characterized by periodicity, unevenness in the development of different functions, metamorphosis or qualitative transformation of one form into another,… — Lev S. Vygotsky
All goal setting must be immediately followed by both the development of a plan, and massive and consistent action toward its fulfillment. — Tony Robbins
Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball. I didn't play against the toughest competition in high school, but one reason I was able… — Larry Bird
That small circle of earth became a second home to both of us. Gardening boring? Never! It has surprise, tragedy, startling developments - a soap… — Paul Fleischman

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